LIFE IN THE BACK-BLOCKS
A PAINFULTA T SAD CASE. Writes our Ureti correspondent:—A painfully sad but most unfortunately true story was related to rne the other day. A woman and" her husband who had taken up a section way back in Taranaki had a great deal of difficulty in getting on to it. Once there «he woman declared that nothing would induce her to make the journey again. For nine years she never stirred out of the home paddock. At length she fell ill, and it was deemed advisable to take her to the nearest hospital. For thirty miles she was carried through the pathless wilderness on a stretcher, relays of men relieving at intervals. A few weeks in the hospital restored her to Itteaitlh and her return home was' mooted. The woman shuddered at the thought of returning, declaring it would kill her. However, a day was fixed for iher departure, but before it dawned the woman was dead. The doctor who was called in and who knew all the circumstances said he could only ascribe l)*r death to a broken heart.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 339, 15 March 1910, Page 8
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183LIFE IN THE BACK-BLOCKS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 339, 15 March 1910, Page 8
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